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. 2019 Jan;71(1):172-175.
doi: 10.1002/art.40733. Epub 2018 Dec 4.

Arthritis Prevalence: Which Case Definition Should Be Used for Surveillance? Comment on the Article by Jafarzadeh and Felson

Louise B Murphy  1 , Jeffrey J Sacks  2 , Charles G Helmick  1 , Teresa J Brady  1 , Kamil E Barbour  1 , Jennifer M Hootman  1 , Michael A Boring  3 , Susan Moss  4 , Dana Guglielmo  1   5 , Kristina A Theis  1
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Arthritis Prevalence: Which Case Definition Should Be Used for Surveillance? Comment on the Article by Jafarzadeh and Felson

Louise B Murphy et al. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Jan.
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    Jafarzadeh SR, Felson DT. Jafarzadeh SR, et al. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Jan;71(1):175-176. doi: 10.1002/art.40732. Epub 2018 Nov 24. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019. PMID: 30251475 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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